Shmup

ETHER VAPOR Remaster is a cinematic 3D arcade shooter and visual treat from developer Edelweiss. Explosions, lasers, ships and backgrounds are breathtakingly rendered. The dynamic camera uses vertical, horizontal and cinematic chase cam views to switch up the action and highlight the drama. Use multi-lock-on to shoot tens of missiles at a time and even blow up an entire battleship in the challenging Bonus Zones.

This isometric-like 3D shooter answers the question nobody asked: what if the original Postal had been an entirely humorless, grimdark affair ? Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Hatred features seven open maps littered with destructible objects and mass murdery objectives. A 'drunk player' toggle and the so-called Antagonist's wobbly hair movement hint at the game not taking itself so seriously after all.

Naval Warfare is the PC version of the XBox360 game Aqua. Although it feels a bit dated now compared to Renegade Ops, it's a nice two-stick top-down shooter alternative for XP users. And seriously: steampunk boats !!

The game features a campaign, skirmish mode and 1vs.1 unsplit-screen multiplayer.

Gatling Gears is a twin-stick shooter from Vanguard Games. It is set in the steampunk "Mistbound" world originally introduced with the game Greed Corps. Players pilot steampunk mechs in this "bullet hell" shooter.

Millennium Soldier: Expendable is a 1999 shoot 'em up with a top-down perspective, basically a 3D version of Contra. You need to get to the end of the levels and exterminate wave of aliens before you run out of time or lives.